Bacterial Transmission in Periodontal Diseases: A Critical Review

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 421-431

  Greenstein, Gary ^a,b   Lamster, Ira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b School of Dental and Oral Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Periodontal diseases microbiology; Periodontal diseases transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EQUIPMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REVIEW; SALIVA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SALIVA;

EID: 0031131947     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1997.68.5.421     Document Type: Review

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